SyncUtil.java revision 608:7e06bf1dcb09 
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25
26package com.sun.corba.se.impl.orbutil.concurrent;
27
28import com.sun.corba.se.impl.orbutil.concurrent.Sync ;
29
30public class SyncUtil {
31    private SyncUtil() {}
32
33    /** Method to acquire a Sync without ever throwing an
34    * InterruptedException.  Useful when a mutex is being
35    * used in place of Java synchronization.
36    */
37    public static void acquire( Sync sync )
38    {
39        boolean held = false ;
40        while (!held) {
41            try {
42                sync.acquire() ;
43                held = true ;
44            } catch (InterruptedException exc) {
45                held = false ;
46            }
47        }
48    }
49}
50